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Comment Outsmarting themselves (Score 2) 300

Society has too high a standard for raising a child, and individuals can't see the benefits especially if they've come from a dysfunctional home. In addition folks are presented with a hypothetical cost of raising a child that is frankly absurd:

* You have to shelter and feed yourself. You _can_ fit more people so that expense doesn't count.
* You have to buy food for yourself. Food expenses don't increase in a linear manner as mouths increase.
* Public schools are free, and you aren't required to send anyone to a University.
* Child care doesn't have to be a pay-for service. Get creative.
* Shop at Goodwill first. Always.

I find having a family is overwhelmingly valuable, but also requires a giving mindset and some compromise. The value becomes more apparent as you age and all your older family and friends die off.

Comment Wait for it (Score 2) 157

All these college grads who can't find jobs will in many cases start their own businesses. We've seen this cycle happen in the past. Except they will be leaner and more effective by leveraging AI/ML from the start and will operate without all the corporate baggage of C-suite staff with bloated salaries.

Even with great AI tools, you need competent people who can use them, and I'd suggest the young folks are going to have an advantage there. The companies that compete in the race to the bottom are sacrificing long term growth for short term gains in the name of making a quick buck.

Comment Market Manipulation (Score 1) 314

This smells like market manipulation. Imagine you're a feckless con that only cares about getting rich, and you're president. Have you and your friends pull money out of the stock market and put it into gold or crypto. Tank the market with tariffs, and then buy back into the market knowing that once you lift the tariffs everyone on the inside of this game will profit in a big way.

This is what Americans voted for. Choices have consequences folks.

Comment Re:Coding vs Concept (Score 1) 44

DevOPS is for lazy people. "We can waste a lot more effort itterating than bothering to design right in the first place."
Ansible is an excuse for DevOPS people to say "We don't test our code, but we could if we wanted to."

This comment about DevOps and Ansible is worth unpacking a bit.

DevOps is a philosophy and a strategy for collaboration between development and operations, while Ansible is a tool for
automation. They are not substitutes for quality control, testing, or systems thinking. Effective DevOps requires a culture that
prioritizes reliability, safety, and design and it's up to an organization's leadership to promote that.

Comment Re:Problems with whole institution rankings (Score 2) 35

I would tend to agree with the comment about teaching quality. I've attended everything from Community Colleges to prestigious ones. Some of the best teachers, in my opinion, were at the humble Community College. The high ranking schools can have absolute tyrants, who are more interested in getting students to figure out and jump through their hoops.

If I'm paying big bucks to learn, I don't care about the reputation. I want to be presented the material in a manner that I can make use of in the future.

Comment Re:We're in another massive real estate bubble (Score 1) 181

I don't know if I'd say tech wages are too high, where I feel many tech positions are more like labor jobs. It sounds like restaurant and other service wages are too low. Tahoe's problem is simple economics of supply and demand. There is no demand for low paying jobs and awful working conditions, like a brutal commute. So yeah.

Pay folks enough to be able to live in town, and ta-da, problem solved. Sounds to me like the wealthy locals can afford to pay for the inflation they've caused.

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